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Top 10 Greatest Philosophers

of All Time
In memory of Aristotle

Complied by:

Manjunath.R

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Aristotle

" Knowing yourself is the

beginning of all wisdom."

― Aristotle
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Plato
"A library of wisdom, is more
precious than all wealth, and all
things that are desirable cannot
be compared to it. Whoever
therefore claims to be zealous of
truth, of happiness, of wisdom or
knowledge, must become a lover
of books."

― Plato
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Socrates

" Wonder is the beginning of

wisdom."

― Socrates
4
Immanuel Kant

"All our knowledge begins with

the senses, proceeds then to

the understanding, and ends

with reason. There is nothing

higher than reason."

― Immanuel Kant
5
René Descartes

" The reading of all good

books is like conversation

with the finest men of past

centuries."

― René Descartes
6
Confucius

" He who knows all the

answers has not been asked

all the questions."

― Confucius
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Thomas Aquinas

" Wonder is the desire of

knowledge."

― Thomas Aquinas
8
Avicenna

" The knowledge of


anything, since all things
have causes, is not acquired
or complete unless it is
known by its causes."

― Avicenna
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John Locke

" The only defense against

the world is a thorough

knowledge of it."

― John Locke
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Epicurus

" The art of living well

and the art of dying well

are one."

― Epicurus

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